glut 1 of 3

as in to stuff
to fill with food to capacity prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill

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glut

2 of 3

verb (2)

archaic
as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men

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glut

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noun

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How is the word glut different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of glut are cloy, gorge, pall, sate, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

Where would cloy be a reasonable alternative to glut?

The synonyms cloy and glut are sometimes interchangeable, but cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

When is it sensible to use gorge instead of glut?

Although the words gorge and glut have much in common, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

When is pall a more appropriate choice than glut?

The meanings of pall and glut largely overlap; however, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

How are the words satiate and sate related as synonyms of glut?

Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

When can surfeit be used instead of glut?

While in some cases nearly identical to glut, surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

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Recent Examples of glut
Verb
In a story glutted with broad caricatures, Hunt and Liddy are maybe the broadest and perhaps the least inherently sympathetic. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023 In that case, our oceans could be glutted with rip-roaring cybernetic frogs, Jurassic-Park style. Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
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This glut of art entering the market, combined with evolving tastes, spells further trouble for second-tier works. Magnus Resch, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025 Intel Intel has launched a glut of new Core and Core Ultra processors—a total of eight different series across three major product lines—along with some minor upgrades to existing chips. Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glut
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glut
Noun
  • That, and the surplus of mentors who played for Dad before him.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025
  • During the Legislature’s budget session in 2023, Minnesota was working with an $18 billion surplus and approved a budget of $72 billion, a jump from the previous $52 billion budget.
    Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The global steel market is contending with weak demand and oversupply, putting downward pressure on steel prices.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • On March 1, the president signed an executive order calling for the launch of an investigation into Canadian companies potentially dumping their oversupply of lumber into the U.S. market.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • These new forms of rational approach to the natural world created a surfeit of information often conveyed through equally new modes of visual address.
    Red Cameron, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Toward the island’s center, explore mountainous terrain cloaked in tea plantations and a surfeit of Buddhist and Hindu temples.
    Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In 2024, the market shifted, leaving an overabundance of training compute and an undersupply of inference compute.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • On the other hand, fruit trees that have been neglected have an overabundance of branches and produce fruit that is small, misshapen, and mediocre flavor.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Photographed memorably on Gisele Bündchen by Nick Knight, the collection became emblematic of early-aughts excess and the bold, if controversial, cultural mashups of John Galliano’s Dior reign.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2025
  • This excess leads to various plumbing and health problems, including mineral deposits on plumbing fixtures, restricted water flow through pipes, dry skin and hair, and prematurely faded clothing and other laundry items.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen ...
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen, from the world at large.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • Following the action on television and feel the tide is about to turn in the favor of one side?
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Related article Kennedy downplays immunity from vaccination as measles outbreak grows The challenge for Kennedy is not just responding to this particular outbreak but reversing the tide of vaccine skepticism that has grown, in part, because of his own past activism.
    Dr. Jerome Adams, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Glut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glut. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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